Metro Tlatelolco

Metro Tlatelolco is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, to the north of the downtown area.[2] It serves the Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco mega apartment complex, famous for its Plaza de las Tres Culturas square[2] (with buildings from the pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern eras) and infamous for the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre of demonstrating students.

Tlatelolco
STC rapid transit
LocationMexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′18″N 99°08′34″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Tlatelolco
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened20 November 1970
Traffic
Passengers (2018)7,323,374[1]
Rank90/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
La Raza
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Guerrero
toward Universidad
Route map
Ticomán workshops
 Indios Verdes
 Deportivo 18 de Marzo
Potrero
 La Raza
Tlatelolco
 Guerrero
Hidalgo
Juárez
 Balderas
Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX
 Hospital General
 Centro Médico
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
 Eugenia
 División del Norte
 Zapata
Coyoacán
 Viveros / Derechos Humanos
 Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
 Copilco
 Universidad
Location
Tlatelolco
Location within Mexico City Central

The station logo depicts the tallest building in the nearby Nonoalco-Tlatelolco residential estate, the triangular Torre Insignia, which was formerly a Banobras building.[2][3] The 127 metres (417 ft) tower houses a 47-bell carillon – a gift to the Mexican people from the citizens of Belgium. Metro Tlatelolco is directly connected with the main square of the vast, 1960s residential estate.

The station opened on 20 November 1970 with service southward towards Hospital General.[4] Northward service towards Indios Verdes started nearly 8 years later on 25 August 1978.[4]

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "Tlatelolco" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Tlatelolco » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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